Simon Says Stamp | Christmas Bulbs Card. Cheer & Joy Blog Hop. Giveaway
Hello, stampers! Happy Saturday! I’m joining Simon Says Stamp blog hop today celebrating the release of their Cheer & Joy collection. I think it’s one of my favorite product launches from them to date, there are a lot of great products with incredible designs, I have many favorites and I’ve already shared some in a previous post HERE.
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CARD DETAILS
I love the big Outline Christmas Bulb background stamp. It makes creating a fun card background an easy and enjoyable task. The minute I saw it I fell in love with the design because it reminded me of a card I shared last year – Calligraphy-like Christmas Cards where I used a single bulb image to create a partial background for a card. I’m really looking forward to trying this background in the same colors – gold and deep blue with just a hint of shimmer.
For the card I’m sharing today I heat embossed the background in Antique Gold embossing powder on Sea Glass cardstock. I picked a light blue background as I prefer to have colored backgrounds for my cards and I often tend to stay away from plain white.
I used several Copic markers to color the bulbs green and red. The colors are used are YG03, G94, G99; R22, R24, R27, R39; C5, C7, C9. I can’t say I did anything special in terms of coloring, just added some shading around the edges and kept the center lightest.
To create a sentiment for this card I heat embossed “Wishing You A Merry & Bright Christmas” in the same color embossing powder on the same color cardstock and foam mounted on my colored background. The background was trimmed down just a bit and adhered to an A2 white side folding card base revealing just a hint of white border around it.
Finally, I used my Tonic Studios shimmer pen (I love it!) to add a generous amount of shimmer to each of the bulbs and coated select bulbs with glossy accents. My plan was to coat all of them, but I actually run out of glossy. Those that have been coated look a lot more vibrant on the card. I do like that not every bulb was coated providing a difference in color.
ADDITIONAL INSPIRATION
I have 2 more card ideas featuring products from the new Cheer & Joy Release as well as a video tutorial. You can check them out here or watch the video below.
VIDEO TUTORIAL:
BLOG HOP
Join Simon Says Stamp blog hop for loads of additional inspiration!
If you arrived from Laura Bassen the next stop on this hop is Nichol Spohr. You can also start over on the Simon Says Stamp blog.
GIVEAWAY
Comment below for your chance to win a $25 coupon to Simon Says Stamp store. Winner will be posted on Simon Says Stamp’s blog on Wednesday, the 16th of October.
SUPPLIES
I’m listing the products I used below. Click on the link to go directly to the product. Where available I use compensated affiliate links which means if you make a purchase I receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you so much for your support!
 Simon Says Rubber Stamp Outline Christmas Bulbs Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Clear Stamps Holiday Greetings Mix 1 Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Sea Glass Cardstock Shop at: SSS |
 Neenah 110 Lb Solar White Cardstock Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Antique Gold Embossing Powder Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Embossing Ink Pad Shop at: SSS |
 Hero Arts Heat Embossing Gun Shop at: SSS |
 Ranger Glossy Accents Glue Dimensional Adhesive Shop at: SSS |
 EK Success Powder Tool Applicator Shop at: SSS |
 Copic Sketch Marker R22 Light Prawn Shop at: SSS |
 Copic Sketch Marker R24 Prawn Shop at: SSS |
 Copic Sketch Marker R27 Cadmium Red Shop at: SSS |
 Copic Sketch Marker R39 Garnet Shop at: SSS |
 Copic Sketch Marker YG03 Yellow Green Shop at: SSS |
 Copic Sketch Marker G94 Grayish Olive Shop at: SSS |
 Copic Sketch Marker G99 Olive Green Shop at: SSS |
 Copic Sketch Marker C5 Cool Gray Grey Shop at: SSS |
 Copic Sketch Marker C7 Cool Gray Shop at: SSS |
 Copic Sketch Marker C9 Cool Gray Grey Shop at: SSS |
 Tonic Aqua Shimmer Pen Nuvo Shop at: SSS |
debbiecoopDebbie Cooper
October 13, 2019Love what you do!
Kitty Tatman
October 13, 2019Great release! Thanks for the lovely inspiration!
Franci H
October 13, 2019Love the traditional green and red. Makes it all warm and fuzzy.
Kathy S
October 13, 2019Beautiful Cards, Better than ordinary. Thank you
Mirella Rogan
October 13, 2019Gorgeous, Yana, love all the sparkle and shimmer
Lana Lepinski
October 13, 2019Love the traditional colors!
Nandini Karmarkar
October 13, 2019The cards are gorgeous! Great inspiration for an amazing release!
Brenda McBride
October 13, 2019Awesome card!
Cheryl B.
October 13, 2019I prefer the green background card but all the cards are gorgeous!
ROSALIE JOHNSON
October 13, 2019How gorgeous! The coloring and shading are fabulous!
Sue D
October 13, 2019Love the gold embossing for these colorful bulbs.
Deepa Lakshman
October 13, 2019This is gorgeous. The colors make me so happy.
Debbi Smith
October 13, 2019Absolutely love the Christmas bulbs! Takes me back to my childhood and my grand parents tree! You made the bulbs look so real.
Denise Mlady
October 13, 2019These Christmas Bulbs are so pretty, love how you used the shimmer and the gloss!
Linnea Sundstrom
October 13, 2019especially luv the simplicity yet rich look of your second set of cards
Janet Sisk
October 13, 2019Love your bright and cheery Christmas lights card! So fun and festive. Thanks for the inspiration. 😀
Laraine R
October 13, 2019Fabulous cards & fabulous release!
Annie Solomon
October 13, 2019Love both cards, but the second is so different, it really stands out.
Chris
October 13, 2019Beautiful cards! Thank you for the video on creating the Merry Christmas card.
Made By Fairy Sky
October 13, 2019Yana, what design! I love this!
Thank you for sharing and the chance to win!
Kristie J. Maynard
October 13, 2019Beautiful cards, I do think I like the green better though. But both are lovely. Thanks for sharing this with us.
Alison Woodstock
October 13, 2019Love your work. I look at your postings every day!
Jeannie
October 13, 2019Beautiful cards. Love the coloring using traditional holiday colors.
Marisela Delgado
October 13, 2019awesome card
Barbara Lambe
October 13, 2019The coloring on your bulbs looks wonderful.
Cathy Homan
October 13, 2019Your talent is amazing! I love your use of traditional Christmas colors. Thank you for sharing.
LaRae Prentice
October 13, 2019I really like the look of the vertical “Merry” with the holly sprigs.
Evelyn Larson
October 13, 2019Love what you do. Just amazing
mandalj
October 13, 2019Such beautiful colouring – the lights have so much dimension!
Liisa
October 13, 2019The background stamps from this release are my favorites. I love the cards you made using them.
nkrodeberg
October 13, 2019Your cards are so stunning! Beautiful color, sparkle, elegant. Such an inspiration, thanks for sharing!
Kari S
October 13, 2019I love the gold embossing!
Cheriese H
October 13, 2019omg your colouring is WOW!
Nanna R L
October 14, 2019lovely card !
Tracey Landt
October 14, 2019Gorgeous cards. Your colouring is perfect. Thank you for the inspiration.
T x
Isabelle
October 14, 2019Your cards are beautiful and very inspiring !
Karthikha Uday
October 14, 2019Gorgeous coloring!! Love your work! <3
Teresa Godines #6857
October 14, 2019Stunning projects. Thanks for inspiring me today
Jen Petersen
October 14, 2019So many gorgeous cards contained in this post! Lovely!
Melissa Leftrick
October 14, 2019Beautiful cards!
Jenna Batik
October 14, 2019I am loving this Xmas bulb stamp and all the different ways it can be colored up. I love the old sentiment you paired with it.
karenajo
October 14, 2019Beautiful cards and inspiration! Love so many elements in this wonderful kit!
Robin Buchholz
October 14, 2019Beautiful cards! I love the traditional colors and embossing. Thanks for sharing.
Deborah345
October 14, 2019These Christmas light bulbs are so real looking. Love this card.
becky eberts
October 15, 2019So pretty!
MyBonnetBee
October 15, 2019Your works are so inspiring! Thanks for your wonderful videos!
Lauryne Cunningham
October 15, 2019Gorgeous cards! I love the Christmas bulbs!
Denise Ward
October 15, 2019Your cards are simply gorgeous!! I love the mix of vibrant colors with the gold in your card featuring the lightbulbs! The other cards are equally wonderful, too! I will be sure to watch the videos!
Sabrina Radican
October 16, 2019Your cards are so beautiful!!
Rosali
October 16, 2019Fantastic coloring, Yana!! Your Christmas lights look so three-dimensional!